Microsoft Azure provided two Content Delivery Networks (CDN) – Akamai and Verizon. Today, customers can pick up one more provider – Microsoft. The price is a half of concurrent CDNs but the service is in preview. Microsoft offers similar features like others: HTTPS endpoint, custom domain certificate, content purge, compression, geo-filtering and core analytics.
Feature comparison
| Pricing tier | Worldwide widespread | Powerful features |
|---|---|---|
| Premium Verizon | 53 global POPs 33 countries | Token authentication Performance analytics Realtime analytics Mobile device rules Custom rules engine Cache/Header settings URL redirect/rewrite |
| Standard Verizon | 53 global POPs 33 countries | Custom domain HTTPS Content Load Dynamic delivery |
| Standard Akamai | 30 countries | Media optimization Dynamic delivery |
| Standard Microsoft | 54 global POPs 16 regional cache POPs 33 countries | Custom domain HTTPS |
Point-of-presence comparison
| Pricing tier | Western Europe | Northern Europe | Southern Europe | Central Europe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Amsterdam London Paris | Copenhagen Helsinki Riga Stockholm | Madrid Milan | Frankfurt Vienna Warsaw |
| Akamai | Amsterdam Aubervilliers Chessington Dublin Hemel Hempstead London Paris Slough | Ballerup Skondal Stockholm | Madrid Milan | Frankfurt Zürich |
| Microsoft | Amsterdam Brussels Dublin Durham London Manchester Marseille Paris | Copenhagen Helsinki Stockholm | Athens Madrid Milan | Frankfurt Prague Vienna Zürich |